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that's what -- and it wasn't called the tea party, the freedom caucus. >> yeah. >> the reason boehner couldn't get things done is because he couldn't get to 218. the reason he couldn't get to 218, he had 30 or 40 of his party that would not compromise not with us, wouldn't compromise with boehner. we don't have anybody like that, in my view. right now. we'll see if we have anybody like that. but when you look at the big issues, we really have consensus whether you're talking about affordable care act, whether you're talking about infrastructure, and we want the get that done. we'll argue about paying for it. trade may be a more divisive issue. not divisive, but disagreement within our party. but i think you're going to see a constructive, united democratic party. there'll be significant debate, there'll be differences, but i don't think you're going to see a tea party. >> we're actually going to have to skip questions. your staff has just told us you have a meeting back with leader pelosi at -- that's at 4:30 -- >> that's now a command performance, right? >> 30 seconds from now. so we
that's what -- and it wasn't called the tea party, the freedom caucus. >> yeah. >> the reason boehner couldn't get things done is because he couldn't get to 218. the reason he couldn't get to 218, he had 30 or 40 of his party that would not compromise not with us, wouldn't compromise with boehner. we don't have anybody like that, in my view. right now. we'll see if we have anybody like that. but when you look at the big issues, we really have consensus whether you're talking about...
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if i relinquish of any part of this. >> she would say that boehner did not deliver. what is the point of bipartisanship? she thinks the most damaging legislation she pushed through is not the affordable care act, that the bank bailout in american what they were leaving is not the most important thing to do but they said if you don't we'll head into a depression. so they made a deal they would each deliver 50 percent of the caucus for this unpopular legislation she delivered 50 percent and he did not. and item went down. i don't know if you remember that but the stock market plunged in a way that was very serious. so at that point and then notnd delivering 50 percent because he couldn't it was not under control. so if you want to play with me you have to deliver. >> i think of her as and during the trump years and then in that that nancy always has the she is ago to the floor she doesn't have the vote but it started where she rescues the rescue package. >> she rescues to jab on —- george w. bush you was made the worst mistake in history which is the iraq war. she di
if i relinquish of any part of this. >> she would say that boehner did not deliver. what is the point of bipartisanship? she thinks the most damaging legislation she pushed through is not the affordable care act, that the bank bailout in american what they were leaving is not the most important thing to do but they said if you don't we'll head into a depression. so they made a deal they would each deliver 50 percent of the caucus for this unpopular legislation she delivered 50 percent and...
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quite frankly, i was disappointed that leader boehner made the suggestion prior to the election. frankly, if it does so or did so, it would simply become the object of politics in september and october, and every member would be asked to sign a pledge that we will not cut this, we will not cut that, we won't raise this tax, we won't do anything. and too many of us would have signed such a pledge. inevitably, we'll have to look at both cuts and revenues, neither politically popular, to begin a realistic reduction of the of gargantuan debt that confronts us. on the side of into entitlement spending, our options might be pegging retirement years to life span, we might also make social security and medicare benefits more progressive while strengthening the low-income safety net. a number of my colleagues don't like that when i say that, but the fact of the matter is those who are doing very well cannot expect to get what the very needy need. on the side of revenues, i think president obama was correct in refusing to take any option off the commission's table. a useful model for the n
quite frankly, i was disappointed that leader boehner made the suggestion prior to the election. frankly, if it does so or did so, it would simply become the object of politics in september and october, and every member would be asked to sign a pledge that we will not cut this, we will not cut that, we won't raise this tax, we won't do anything. and too many of us would have signed such a pledge. inevitably, we'll have to look at both cuts and revenues, neither politically popular, to begin a...
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if the votes are there on the floor of the house of representatives somebody named boehner boehner stop that flow from happening. frankly as a social studies teacher what do i say to my kids? that democracy is supposed to work and john boehner who has the votes will not let the democracy were? john boehner will not put it on the floor so the good people behind this the want to make sure democracy works have voted? that is why we need to help the progressives in the house of representatives and the president say shame on the tea party. if you want america to work you must put a clean cr on the dash if you want america to work and if you want america to be accountable and transparent and the nation and the world put the government back to work. take a vote. take a vote. take a vote. take a vote. steve randy weingarten. put your hands together, put your hands together for the executive vice president of the afl-cio. we had richard trumka here just the other day. he had to to be away but let me tell you we have enough to tell you. tiberi is on fire all about this country. come hear brother.
if the votes are there on the floor of the house of representatives somebody named boehner boehner stop that flow from happening. frankly as a social studies teacher what do i say to my kids? that democracy is supposed to work and john boehner who has the votes will not let the democracy were? john boehner will not put it on the floor so the good people behind this the want to make sure democracy works have voted? that is why we need to help the progressives in the house of representatives and...
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she's incredibly effective and even john boehner, her faux house republican speaker john boehner said she was probably the most effective speaker ever, right? we will do that in three categories andhe then we will do q&a. one is role models and people who helped her along the way. i went to ivy brown jackson ceremony at the white house and it was remarkable. her entire thing except for the end where she quoted maya angelou was her thanking people who had helped her from the time she was a child or family, mentors the white house team, naming everyone and it's not something you would normally see at jurist do. so we will do all models of people who helped her along the way, her early experience of motherhood which is important as the leader and the criticism and because i worked for hillary and wrote about those experiences we will mix hillary in there. >> start with her role models and her parents who were so important. >> thank you law for coming out on a saturday morning. [applause] at her two years at this pandemic is such a relief to see people in person so i'm really glad to be h
she's incredibly effective and even john boehner, her faux house republican speaker john boehner said she was probably the most effective speaker ever, right? we will do that in three categories andhe then we will do q&a. one is role models and people who helped her along the way. i went to ivy brown jackson ceremony at the white house and it was remarkable. her entire thing except for the end where she quoted maya angelou was her thanking people who had helped her from the time she was a...
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on september, 18th, speaker boehner dlifrn delivered a speech saying the house is more tra transparent and open. you can bring your ipad to the floor they said. but you cannot bring a bill to raise minimum wage to the floor or institute unemployment insurance continuation or a bill to expend the terrorism risk insurance act. dave camp, republican committee chairman, can't even bring his tax reform bill to the floor. of course, you can bring your i-pad so you can read about the bills but you cannot consider them on the floor. as a result of the republican majority walking away again and again, congress is less productive and more divided than other. under the house majority and the 113th congress just 165 laws, the fewest in history have been enacted and only 26 were major legislation pieces. compare that to when george bush was president of the united states in '07 and '08 and the democrats led the congress. 460 bills were enacted to make america better, to serve the american people. and we are on target this year to be in session for 107 days only. they earned the title of the do-noth
on september, 18th, speaker boehner dlifrn delivered a speech saying the house is more tra transparent and open. you can bring your ipad to the floor they said. but you cannot bring a bill to raise minimum wage to the floor or institute unemployment insurance continuation or a bill to expend the terrorism risk insurance act. dave camp, republican committee chairman, can't even bring his tax reform bill to the floor. of course, you can bring your i-pad so you can read about the bills but you...
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boehner. i think he, actually he is a very sober and calculate person, and he is not going to fall into traps the way the previous folks addicted and i think more importantly, the spending has gone up a lot. the deficit is so large, and the amount that they need to spend may be an ultimate deal so close to the current level that it seems kind of unthinkable that they wouldn't be able to get this whole thing to work out without a government shutdown. because the alternative is that after the last election, mr. obama could say hey, i really don't think, would you shut down the government. sure you passed that bill in the house but i'm going to veto it. i'm not going to help because i'm not willing to cut spending this much, given the massive deficit. i think that's a much harder position you have to take. but on your site i looked at the history of the budget showdowns, the debt limit has gone up, 64 times? times? it's got a 62 and down three i think since 1962 which is the year i was born there
boehner. i think he, actually he is a very sober and calculate person, and he is not going to fall into traps the way the previous folks addicted and i think more importantly, the spending has gone up a lot. the deficit is so large, and the amount that they need to spend may be an ultimate deal so close to the current level that it seems kind of unthinkable that they wouldn't be able to get this whole thing to work out without a government shutdown. because the alternative is that after the...
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john boehner will be, you know, the next speaker, eric cantor will be the majority leader, and kevin mccarthy will be the majority whip. where it starts to get interesting is for the conference chairman position. this is currently held by jeb hensarling who is making a bid to be the financial services chairman. hensarling has been a sort of rising star for a while within republican ranks. he was a republican study committee chairman which is sort of the top conservative position in republican circles in the house. there are two people who are making a run for conference chairman. tom price, who's also a committee chairman of the past, he's currently the republican policy committee chairman, he's making a bid for conference chairman, and kathy mcmorris rogers who's vice chairman of the republican congress right now. and they really do represent two different modes. mcmorris rogers is a very effective surrogate for romney. she is from washington, she's from tom foley's old district in the, in central/south washington. it's an agricultural area. spokane is sort of the population center,
john boehner will be, you know, the next speaker, eric cantor will be the majority leader, and kevin mccarthy will be the majority whip. where it starts to get interesting is for the conference chairman position. this is currently held by jeb hensarling who is making a bid to be the financial services chairman. hensarling has been a sort of rising star for a while within republican ranks. he was a republican study committee chairman which is sort of the top conservative position in republican...
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she's incredibly effective and even john boehner her, you know foe house republican speaker john bainer said she was probably the most effective speaker ever, right? so i thought we would look start do that sort of three categories and then we'll do q&a with the audience one is role models and early role models and people who helped her along the way i went to kentucky brown jackson's ceremony yesterday at the white house, and it was remarkable. i don't know if you didn't watch the whole thing. you didn't see this. her entire speech except for the very end. that was very moving where she quoted my angelo was her thanking people. it was her thanking people who had helped her from the time. she was a child her family mentors jurists the white house team naming everyone and you know, it's not something you would normally see a leader. a jurist jurisdo, so we'll do role models or people who helped her along the way her early experiences and motherhood which seemed to be really important to developing those the leader and then how she manages criticism and along the way how she managed criti
she's incredibly effective and even john boehner her, you know foe house republican speaker john bainer said she was probably the most effective speaker ever, right? so i thought we would look start do that sort of three categories and then we'll do q&a with the audience one is role models and early role models and people who helped her along the way i went to kentucky brown jackson's ceremony yesterday at the white house, and it was remarkable. i don't know if you didn't watch the whole...
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i call upon speaker boehner to end this. we can do a. they are in pro forma session. we are in pro forma session. unnecessary. we should send a clear extension to let these people go back to work. 75,000 construction workers out of work. 4000 federal employees are out of work. and then, to pour salt on the wound we now have safety inspectors, safety inspectors paying for the own hotel bills, their own airplanes, airplane rides so they can go to safety inspections. those are the primary individuals responsible for assuring the commercial airports comply with federal regulations. they also supplied runway safety action teams, oversee construction safety plans, that's not too difficult now because there is no construction going on. investigate runway excursions and ensure correct actions are taken. these men and women are now being asked to spend their own money to do their jobs. they are not being paid. this is one of the most outrageous things that i can comprehend. so many people desperate are being told they can't because once again, the house republicans, rather tha
i call upon speaker boehner to end this. we can do a. they are in pro forma session. we are in pro forma session. unnecessary. we should send a clear extension to let these people go back to work. 75,000 construction workers out of work. 4000 federal employees are out of work. and then, to pour salt on the wound we now have safety inspectors, safety inspectors paying for the own hotel bills, their own airplanes, airplane rides so they can go to safety inspections. those are the primary...
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in the meantime i will wait for this discussion to recent remarks from john boehner from earlier this fall on the republicans economic agenda. >> let's fix our tax code to you of all heard a lot lately about corporate conversions and they are really just symptoms, visible symptoms of a much deeper problem. our tax codes terrible. nobody understands it. not even the irs. people pay accountants hundreds of dollars so they can try to lower their tax bills. they've had to because over the years thousands of changes have been made to this tax code. and mostly for the benefit of those who are well-connected. all this talk about in versions is just making the problem small but it's like fussing over a debate when the road is loaded with potholes. let's fix the hole, corporate and personal. medicaid program, profamily and bring down the rates for every american, clear out the loopholes that allow people to do taxes on two sheets of paper. look at the camp plan, 95% of the american people could do the taxes on two sheets of paper. i know, i can feel the blood pressure going down in the room al
in the meantime i will wait for this discussion to recent remarks from john boehner from earlier this fall on the republicans economic agenda. >> let's fix our tax code to you of all heard a lot lately about corporate conversions and they are really just symptoms, visible symptoms of a much deeper problem. our tax codes terrible. nobody understands it. not even the irs. people pay accountants hundreds of dollars so they can try to lower their tax bills. they've had to because over the...
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speaker boehner would agree to a unanimous consent and leader reid if mr. mcconnell will agree could pass this within hours. or pass the bill in the senate? >>>> how about a minute? >> we now hear the senate can pass it within minutes. [laughter] >> i will quickly go back to the house of representatives and report that no matter how hard much my credibility will suffer. [laughter] >> we need to act on this issue now. 75,000 americans demand it. our country demands it. and it's inresponsible to hold hostage these people as our country and the safety of our airways, pending some petty political gain. i now yield to the distinguished former colleague of my mine. not a colleague of mine, but a good friend of mine, the chairman of the commission committee, senator jay rockefeller. >> ladies and gentlemen, it's very easy to solve this. it's embarrassingly easy, shamefully easy. all we have to do is to have the house send us or we send to them and they accept it, a clean bill of extension. the leader talked about the fact that we are now in our 21st extension to r
speaker boehner would agree to a unanimous consent and leader reid if mr. mcconnell will agree could pass this within hours. or pass the bill in the senate? >>>> how about a minute? >> we now hear the senate can pass it within minutes. [laughter] >> i will quickly go back to the house of representatives and report that no matter how hard much my credibility will suffer. [laughter] >> we need to act on this issue now. 75,000 americans demand it. our country demands...
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at the end of the day was boehner who walked away is my understanding. i should be careful because i don't cover the legislative side things very often but that is my read. i'm not sure about the cbo health care. >> host: this is a tweet from the viewer. both europe cannot have peaked in the free market they created. tariff? >> guest: i think that overstates it. the truth is we are still -- the united states is still the world's biggest economy and europe collectively as the second biggest and that may change eventually. china may eventually surpass us because they have a much bigger population. on a per capita basis it is not foreseeable that china surpasses the united states or europe in terms of economic output. for high-grade services, for high-grade manufactured airplanes, the stuff that is really hard to make it so the case that the u.s. and europe are more efficient on it and most developing nations and you see that in our overall lead structure. now, whether tariffs are a good idea or not is disconnected to how we are competing and i think most e
at the end of the day was boehner who walked away is my understanding. i should be careful because i don't cover the legislative side things very often but that is my read. i'm not sure about the cbo health care. >> host: this is a tweet from the viewer. both europe cannot have peaked in the free market they created. tariff? >> guest: i think that overstates it. the truth is we are still -- the united states is still the world's biggest economy and europe collectively as the second...
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. >> is john boehner going to stay on? any idea? i know he wants to go out -- >> don't know. we just have to set the due date. >> there you go, guys. >> can you tell me what you are saying? please, sir. >> make it quick. we have a very good conference working together, trying to work together, i know a lot of speculation about who should run and others. paul is looking at us but it is his decision. if he decides to do with you will be an amazing speaker but he has to decide on his own. >> what do you mean -- >> you heard it here. >> we are going to take this at a slow pace. try to figure out what we need to do to get the country moving. >> you were talking -- >> i would hope not. create some trouble. i did not. >> talking about an affair with kim mccarthy. >> that is their decision to interpret it that way. this is something that i think is important to the american people. anybody in leadership, male or female, should be a man or woman of integrity. that is nothing personally about anybody. >> that is kind of an assumption. it is an active of fact. >> it was total chaos here
. >> is john boehner going to stay on? any idea? i know he wants to go out -- >> don't know. we just have to set the due date. >> there you go, guys. >> can you tell me what you are saying? please, sir. >> make it quick. we have a very good conference working together, trying to work together, i know a lot of speculation about who should run and others. paul is looking at us but it is his decision. if he decides to do with you will be an amazing speaker but he has...
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guest: look, i think john boehner -- you hear things about john boehner. he's not well-known. i have been told, anyway, by a number of republicans who dealt with him over the years and, look, you're going to have trouble believing this, beneath his partisan republican is the heart of a real reformer. look, we're going to find out. the reason he's moving up to speaker, everybody moves up a notch. eric cantor moves from whip up to majority leader and congressman kevin mccarthy, who has been the deputy whip, will move up to whip. and michele bachmann, the number four job -- host: isn't that how the establishment works? guest: ok, that's the way the establishment works. host: what about anti-establishment and especially the tea party folks that they wanted things to be mixed up a little bit, so should michele bachmann and rand paul get leadership position? guest: well, i don't know. republicans can't just rely in their leadership role and in their leadership councils people that have been there 10, 20 years. . 240 republicans, maybe 80 or more are going to be people who are freshm
guest: look, i think john boehner -- you hear things about john boehner. he's not well-known. i have been told, anyway, by a number of republicans who dealt with him over the years and, look, you're going to have trouble believing this, beneath his partisan republican is the heart of a real reformer. look, we're going to find out. the reason he's moving up to speaker, everybody moves up a notch. eric cantor moves from whip up to majority leader and congressman kevin mccarthy, who has been the...
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third could be a challenge for john boehner. those are the two immediate challenges would be a debt ceiling on taxes, and then a debt ceiling vote which is due pretty soon; right? february or march, and then the republicans have a unvail a budget. paul ryan will lay down a republican budget around april 1 which the president lays down the official omb budget, and there's a huge amount of pressure on republicans both ways looking different enough from the president. it would be ridiculous if it was like the president and how obama is sending us into destitution. it's hard to bring the numbers down fast when you do the math, and all the spending cuts in big numbers are risky. i'm curious. what -- the tea parties guys didn't think they got elected to cast one of those first votes to raise the debt ceiling of the federal government. i'm curious how that plays out and/or the vote on the republican budget? >> i think the debt ceiling is a big test for the republicans because the new tea party caucus could be in great numbers because y
third could be a challenge for john boehner. those are the two immediate challenges would be a debt ceiling on taxes, and then a debt ceiling vote which is due pretty soon; right? february or march, and then the republicans have a unvail a budget. paul ryan will lay down a republican budget around april 1 which the president lays down the official omb budget, and there's a huge amount of pressure on republicans both ways looking different enough from the president. it would be ridiculous if it...
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boehner and former president bush. speaker boehner said he won't bring a cr to the floor. can house democrats work with him to adopt one with slightly lower levels to work out an ultimate deal on the spending package? >> i really don't know what mr. baner said he wasn't going to bring at current levels. there isn't really a great deal of time. the senate has four days to do their bill, reconcile these two bills. there may be more time that's needed, and we may need a continuation of the current cr. that's why i said earlier, we don't need any democrats, republicans, or democrats drawing lines in the sand about what won't happen if our goal is to make something happen that prevents the closing down of government. >> to avoid a shut down, can't you reach out and agree? >> well, we have. the president's budget is a good marker for where that is. we're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars cut. we're talking about saving $1.1 trillion over 10 years. i think the fact that these two things are coming forth in the same week shows the sharp contrast, but the strong commitm
boehner and former president bush. speaker boehner said he won't bring a cr to the floor. can house democrats work with him to adopt one with slightly lower levels to work out an ultimate deal on the spending package? >> i really don't know what mr. baner said he wasn't going to bring at current levels. there isn't really a great deal of time. the senate has four days to do their bill, reconcile these two bills. there may be more time that's needed, and we may need a continuation of the...
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boehner and mr. cantor and mr. mccartney, all of whom i've talked to about this effort. now, i don't know most of the new members who have come on the republican side, i know all the democrats, all being nine. a lamentable fact but true, but there are many more republicans. but let me say this, you know, i've been in politics for a long time. in 1964 long before your, maybe before your parents were born, maybe not quite -- [laughter] in 1964 it was reported that the republican party was on life support and may not survive. lyndon johnson had a huge victory. in 1968, of course, the republicans won the presidency. in 1972 the democrats were assessed as being almost gone. we won one state and the district of columbia, maybe two states and the district of columbia. two years later the president who won that 1972 election resigned. in one of the biggest political crisises that's confronted our country. and in 1976 we won the presidency. four years later you know it went to ronald reagan, and it goes back and forth. in 1994, of course, republicans won a big victory in the hous
boehner and mr. cantor and mr. mccartney, all of whom i've talked to about this effort. now, i don't know most of the new members who have come on the republican side, i know all the democrats, all being nine. a lamentable fact but true, but there are many more republicans. but let me say this, you know, i've been in politics for a long time. in 1964 long before your, maybe before your parents were born, maybe not quite -- [laughter] in 1964 it was reported that the republican party was on life...
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> ladies and gentlemen the speaker of the united states house of representatives the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen good afternoon and welcome to the united states capitol. we are honored to be joined today by members of the diplomatic corps former ambassadors, representatives from the state department and the u.s. mint and leaders of the jewish community throughout our country. shortly before christmas, in 1944, raoul wallenberg did something many of us have had to do. he told his mother he wouldn't be home for christmas or home for the holidays. i will send you my best wishes for christmas by this means he wrote. i hope the peace you so long for is not so far away. at the bottom of the note he added lots of kisses to nina and her little girl. well, she of course was raoul's sister who is with us today as are several members of the family. thank you all for being here. [applause] by the time he sent that letter raoul wallenberg had saved more lives than we could count. he had done much of the work on his own and his bearing was so dumbfounded that the nazis aime
> ladies and gentlemen the speaker of the united states house of representatives the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen good afternoon and welcome to the united states capitol. we are honored to be joined today by members of the diplomatic corps former ambassadors, representatives from the state department and the u.s. mint and leaders of the jewish community throughout our country. shortly before christmas, in 1944, raoul wallenberg did something many of us...
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when he put a budget out at the beginning of this year and reiterated the offer he made to speaker boehner last december. it had entitlement savings. it had a tax reform plan. it had additional revenue not all of which is possible even on the democratic side. it was meant as a basis to form a calmer commerce station and an ultimate agreement with a balanced support. across-the-board cuts of sequestration were never meant to be policy. they were put in place as you recall to have the supercommittee fear sequestration so they could reach difficult decisions. it didn't work so we now have across-the-board cuts in place. if you look at where we are in short-term fiscal policy most economists think we have done more damage reduction in these few years than is good for the economy. in the medium and long-term we don't have sensible structural changes to put us on the right trajectory going forward. the president put out a budget that would replace the across-the-board cuts with this sensible balanced approach. you know i try to always be an optimist. i have probably been more optimistic than mos
when he put a budget out at the beginning of this year and reiterated the offer he made to speaker boehner last december. it had entitlement savings. it had a tax reform plan. it had additional revenue not all of which is possible even on the democratic side. it was meant as a basis to form a calmer commerce station and an ultimate agreement with a balanced support. across-the-board cuts of sequestration were never meant to be policy. they were put in place as you recall to have the...
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you know, i'd love, you know, john boehner, but and john is a good guy. i sincerely like him, personally, but john, when asked about how from i said, i go, i reject the word. well, guess what? the american people are figuring out they reject the word. they reject the notion of compromise. i thought it was pretty start an observable, the different mood this state of being, not just the quality of the state of being at the different mood on the floor this time out. because i think it's become clear to every republican on the floor that the folks have figured out that they reject the notion of compromise. and i think the american public understands, we have never been able to move this country long without compromise. you can compromise and be true to your principles. they are not inconsistent. leader cantor, when it came up to the debt ceiling vote, called it in a minute because i was doing at negotiation with steny, and others know trying to deal with the debt ceiling. he said, and he was honest about it, he said this is a leverage moment. a leverage momen
you know, i'd love, you know, john boehner, but and john is a good guy. i sincerely like him, personally, but john, when asked about how from i said, i go, i reject the word. well, guess what? the american people are figuring out they reject the word. they reject the notion of compromise. i thought it was pretty start an observable, the different mood this state of being, not just the quality of the state of being at the different mood on the floor this time out. because i think it's become...
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among those attending was president obama, john boehner. from the capitol rotunda, this is one and a half hours. >> president of the united states. [applause] xd[applause] >> latest angela merkel, majority leader of the united states senate, -- ladies and salomon, harry reid. -- the ladies and gentlemen, harry reid. >> please be seated. november 6, 1962 was a special day for president john kennedy. it was the day his brother ted won his old seat in the united states senate, the seat he would hold for the next 46 years, until just two months ago. a seed from which he would really improve the lives of his -- a seat from which he would improve the lives of his fellow americans. the people of the home state had collected edward brooke to be its eattorney general and the first african-american to serve as any state's attorney general. john kennedy exclaimed, "that is the biggest news in the country purpl." we gather under this dome to present senator brooke with the congressional gold medal, the highest civilian award to a half years after senat
among those attending was president obama, john boehner. from the capitol rotunda, this is one and a half hours. >> president of the united states. [applause] xd[applause] >> latest angela merkel, majority leader of the united states senate, -- ladies and salomon, harry reid. -- the ladies and gentlemen, harry reid. >> please be seated. november 6, 1962 was a special day for president john kennedy. it was the day his brother ted won his old seat in the united states senate,...
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in the house it was john boehner and steny hoyer because nancy pelosi said i want no part of it. and steny hoyer the number two democrat was saying nancy we have to govern. and who was there with the two from the senate and the two from the house trying to make it work, making phone calls to members of his party saying will you please get in line and help out? barack obama. barack obama making common calls with john boehner and mit mcconnell, because the people have sent the message that they wanted things to start to work again. and that's where you come in. because you are the people. and what you do to get more folks to participate in intelligent ways is what this effort on the part of the bpc is all about. america, the first nation, to set itself up on the basis yes, separation of powers, yes, gridlocked ultimate source of power, the people. we've had all kinds of problems. we've made all kinds of mistakes. our history is filled with blunders, and a lot of things that are really embarrassing but we have muddled through through the delaware -- through the decades and now the c
in the house it was john boehner and steny hoyer because nancy pelosi said i want no part of it. and steny hoyer the number two democrat was saying nancy we have to govern. and who was there with the two from the senate and the two from the house trying to make it work, making phone calls to members of his party saying will you please get in line and help out? barack obama. barack obama making common calls with john boehner and mit mcconnell, because the people have sent the message that they...
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the conversation will have to cave on taxes because john boehner can't move his caucus before january 1st, but once he gets really did that is what will have to happen. i think for many of us, we see this as a prescription to never get anywhere. the hope is that after the election the discussion proceeds in such a fashion that there can be agreement in december. but i think the very point you mentioned is one of the reasons why i believe it is more likely that we would get a deal in january than in december for precisely the point you just mentioned about honor and the elections and house. the mac let me broaden the elections. i should state more clearly. the bottom-line question is what does it take the house republican caucus to know? and i hope i'm wrong on this. i believe the house republican caucus will not move on taxes until they actually see that holding us hostage in finding chicken didn't work this time and the president didn't cave on december 31st first and actually did go into january. i hope that is not true. that is the main reason why i think this goes into january bec
the conversation will have to cave on taxes because john boehner can't move his caucus before january 1st, but once he gets really did that is what will have to happen. i think for many of us, we see this as a prescription to never get anywhere. the hope is that after the election the discussion proceeds in such a fashion that there can be agreement in december. but i think the very point you mentioned is one of the reasons why i believe it is more likely that we would get a deal in january...
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on the diet ceiling, speaker john boehner had a very good idea. think of it as a rio stat and not an on-off switch. he only wants $100 billion in spending cuts? only gets $100 billion debt ceiling, which means he'll be back in three months for another debt ceiling increase, and he gets an increase for every dollar he accepts spending cuts. there are no. >> we should be bluffed into giving them blank check of additional borrowing power with fundamentally changing the spending pattern of the united states. and it would be a dr. -- a bigger doctors for this driven down the road for us to give them a blank check debt ceiling than to have a confrontation this summer and refuse to raise the debt ceiling until they're prepared to bear some financial responsibility for the united states. [applause] >> yes, ma'am? >> mr. speaker, thank you for being home. i'm win -- wendy jones. i'm a business owner and also a nurse. while they're lot office parts of obamacare that are not very good, it's not just insurance but may we talk about health care, and i don't of
on the diet ceiling, speaker john boehner had a very good idea. think of it as a rio stat and not an on-off switch. he only wants $100 billion in spending cuts? only gets $100 billion debt ceiling, which means he'll be back in three months for another debt ceiling increase, and he gets an increase for every dollar he accepts spending cuts. there are no. >> we should be bluffed into giving them blank check of additional borrowing power with fundamentally changing the spending pattern of...
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with john boehner i say welcome, mr. president, let's talk about the economy, let's talk about what works and those not work and we know what does not work which is another government program that raises taxes and create uncertainty on the part of job creators to put people back to work. as washington post correspondent noted last week the president promised 1 million new manufacturing jobs by the end of 2016 but factory unemployment has fallen last four months to only 13,000 jobs toward that goal. there is some good news. i was on the floor yesterday admitted the bragging the little about the economic growth in my state, texas. one of the reasons is we are taking advantage of the innovation and technology boom in the energy production business and we are seeing a huge movement back on shore to the united states of a lot of manufacturing because of the low price of natural gas. unfortunately the president does not seem to recognize the benefits of producing our own domestic natural energy and what that would mean in term
with john boehner i say welcome, mr. president, let's talk about the economy, let's talk about what works and those not work and we know what does not work which is another government program that raises taxes and create uncertainty on the part of job creators to put people back to work. as washington post correspondent noted last week the president promised 1 million new manufacturing jobs by the end of 2016 but factory unemployment has fallen last four months to only 13,000 jobs toward that...
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you probably saw the article this morning from covered and what joe boehner said. some optimism in 2013 the way that it might play out is whether we go over or don't go over the siskel cliff there's a lot to happen in the next three months that we get to some space where if they did a trillion dollars of cuts and reforms of entitlements a trillion dollars on discretionary, naturally in on revenue and a trillion on saved interest which is only because the budget doesn't understand and doesn't value but that's okay. if you did that, you basically cut sort of a grand bargain in a way that would be i think it pretty good accomplishment for both parties. but i feel the principal thing is can you get a significant chunk of republicans in the house to support anything that has a trillion dollars of revenue. >> so you think they've reached a large and -- morgan. >> i thought that's what you're asking. >> i am somewhat pessimistic that they would be able to sort out that board in the next two months, so i'm afraid i think a serious danger they go for the fiscal cliff in the
you probably saw the article this morning from covered and what joe boehner said. some optimism in 2013 the way that it might play out is whether we go over or don't go over the siskel cliff there's a lot to happen in the next three months that we get to some space where if they did a trillion dollars of cuts and reforms of entitlements a trillion dollars on discretionary, naturally in on revenue and a trillion on saved interest which is only because the budget doesn't understand and doesn't...
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some sort of massive expansion in taxes and certainly congressman bay sneer in the same -- congressman boehner is in the same camp, so i think it is something drummed up by those with other agendas. the baucus-grassley amendment basically takes it away. i'm from new hampshire. i'm using the new hampshire pronunciation. does that come off my time? so i would hope that people take a look at that amendment and agree with senato the senator ts is an appropriate amendment because it makes this whole process even stronger, and, mr. pres timt, the presiding officer: the senator from montana is recognized. mr. baucus: than thank you, mr. president. i thank the senator from new hampshire, senator gregg. mr. president, there's a real reason why i support to protect social security. social security is probably the most successful social program this congress, this country has ever adopted. just look at how many people it's helped. if we do not have social security today -- if we did not have social security today, 44 44%-some woul of america's senis would be living in poverty. these are people, most of t
some sort of massive expansion in taxes and certainly congressman bay sneer in the same -- congressman boehner is in the same camp, so i think it is something drummed up by those with other agendas. the baucus-grassley amendment basically takes it away. i'm from new hampshire. i'm using the new hampshire pronunciation. does that come off my time? so i would hope that people take a look at that amendment and agree with senato the senator ts is an appropriate amendment because it makes this whole...
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speaker boehner in the house of representatives did the same thing. this was a team effort. the national mediation board decisions that were made in the final agreements were good and fair. as senator roberts has said, the treatment of the general aviation and commercial aviation fair and equitable. we now have a four-year plan for the next generation. everything that happened, happened for the best. it happened because of chairman rockefeller and congressman micah and speaker boehner, and senator reid. i want to thank all for the work they did and i am very proud to have been a part of the solution that led to the reauthorization of the federal aviation administration. and i would noalt the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. rockefeller: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the order of the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: and i want to thank the disappearing senator roberts from kansas and the ever-present senator isakson from the state of georgia -- state of atlanta -- for the
speaker boehner in the house of representatives did the same thing. this was a team effort. the national mediation board decisions that were made in the final agreements were good and fair. as senator roberts has said, the treatment of the general aviation and commercial aviation fair and equitable. we now have a four-year plan for the next generation. everything that happened, happened for the best. it happened because of chairman rockefeller and congressman micah and speaker boehner, and...
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one of the things we obviously talked about is with speaker boehner about the debt ceiling issue. we are all familiar with that challenges lying ahead of us in the next couple month, and it's a widespread feeling that it's an opportunity actually for us to come together and make significant strides in beginning to reduce our spending in debt which we know in addition to the issue of jeblessness is the -- joblessness is the single biggest issue on the minds of the american people and are we getting our house in order after the spending spree over the past few years. we had a discussion about the debt ceiling and that that expires on march 4 and the opportunity it provides on both sides for us to step up and do something significant to begin to address the most significant issues addressing the country. with that, let my call on senator alexander. >> thanks, mitch. this was the annual meeting of the republican senators to plan our agenda for the rest of the year. it wasn't hard for us to do because it was our agenda last year as well. we find ourselves absolutely united on what we b
one of the things we obviously talked about is with speaker boehner about the debt ceiling issue. we are all familiar with that challenges lying ahead of us in the next couple month, and it's a widespread feeling that it's an opportunity actually for us to come together and make significant strides in beginning to reduce our spending in debt which we know in addition to the issue of jeblessness is the -- joblessness is the single biggest issue on the minds of the american people and are we...
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i applaud my colleagues in the house, representatives hoyer and cantor and boehner, who all worked on this agreement. and i hope that my colleagues will move quickly on it. there's one thing that we know right now. we need to do everything we can to help our economy and to help jobs. the ex-im bank has been a proven job creator in the united states helping u.s. companies compete internationally. it has helped us pay down the deficit in the past. and now all we need to do is give it the certainty that it will continue to operate as of may 31, this year. so let's get on with this business of making sure that we're focusing on the economy and make sure the ex-im bank, we proceed to this measure and pass this as soon as possible. i thank the president, and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from colorado is recognized. mr. udall: before i turn to speaking to the subject of student loans, let me associate myself with the remarks of my colleague, our colleague from the state of washington, senator cantwell. i heard the republican leader talk about progrowth agenda. well,
i applaud my colleagues in the house, representatives hoyer and cantor and boehner, who all worked on this agreement. and i hope that my colleagues will move quickly on it. there's one thing that we know right now. we need to do everything we can to help our economy and to help jobs. the ex-im bank has been a proven job creator in the united states helping u.s. companies compete internationally. it has helped us pay down the deficit in the past. and now all we need to do is give it the...
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john boehner and our members of republicans are taking questions from reporters this morning. you will be able to watch that live when it gets underway shortly on our companion network, c-span. and after that, democratic congressman steny hoyer will also hold a news conference with live coverage on c-span. we also expect to hear from president obama today. he's making remarks on the payroll tax cut at 12:15 eastern. you can watch that live on c-spa c-span. >> right now here on c-span2, a discussion of job training and education for young people. we will hear from several administration officials, congressman danny davis of illinois and the present elect of the national black caucus of state legislators, that group hosted this one-hour 15-minute discussion. >> before i introduce our president elect, i would like to apologize to the panel for running behind. we started our breakfast late but we value your time. and thank you very much for waiting for us. representative joe armstrong, our president elect. [applause] >> thank you, madam president, and certainly we want to get on w
john boehner and our members of republicans are taking questions from reporters this morning. you will be able to watch that live when it gets underway shortly on our companion network, c-span. and after that, democratic congressman steny hoyer will also hold a news conference with live coverage on c-span. we also expect to hear from president obama today. he's making remarks on the payroll tax cut at 12:15 eastern. you can watch that live on c-spa c-span. >> right now here on c-span2, a...
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boehner, armey, new gingrich, bill archer, bob goodlatte, chris cox, phil crane , in 1993 they said if you adopt the 1993 program the economy will go in the tank and employment will spike. it's been a candidate. is to make it absolutely did not. the deficit went down for years in a row. >> what your? >> '94, '95, '96, '97 and '98. >> and then 98, 99, 2000 and a net 2001 we had a surplus. when i say real surpluses, revenues in excess of social security offsets. obviously the social security masked. >> let me talk about republican policies. in 1993 every republican voted against the economic program that's put in place with the assertions that i just put in the record that it would destroy the economy. the point of fact it did nothing of the case and was not changed. that economic policy was not changed. what happened though mr. sessions and fairness to both republican and democratic party the republican party constrain spending. not as much as it wanted. it shut down the government. that didn't work out. but the restrained spending. what they couldn't do what in my opinion is certainly
boehner, armey, new gingrich, bill archer, bob goodlatte, chris cox, phil crane , in 1993 they said if you adopt the 1993 program the economy will go in the tank and employment will spike. it's been a candidate. is to make it absolutely did not. the deficit went down for years in a row. >> what your? >> '94, '95, '96, '97 and '98. >> and then 98, 99, 2000 and a net 2001 we had a surplus. when i say real surpluses, revenues in excess of social security offsets. obviously the...
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and we'll hear from republican congressman john boehner. this is likely to be elected the new speaker of the house today. looking ahead this week on friday, the house begins debate on a repeal of the health care law. the house will take a final vote on that repeal next wednesday. in the senate, in this 112th congress the democrats are promising to weaken the filibuster and we spoke to a capitol hill reporter to learn more about that. >> alexander bolton from the hill the role of the use of the filibuster. what are senate democrats looking to do? >> well, senate democrats are looking to use a procedure known as the constitutional option. and it can only be used on the first legislative day of the session. and what it entails is asking for a ruling from the chair to adopt a new set of rules for the 112th congress. and essentially asking a ruling from the chair to amend the existing senate rules. the ruling would only need to be ratified by a majority vote in the senate. and that's important because usually it takes 60 votes to pass any legisl
and we'll hear from republican congressman john boehner. this is likely to be elected the new speaker of the house today. looking ahead this week on friday, the house begins debate on a repeal of the health care law. the house will take a final vote on that repeal next wednesday. in the senate, in this 112th congress the democrats are promising to weaken the filibuster and we spoke to a capitol hill reporter to learn more about that. >> alexander bolton from the hill the role of the use...
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yesterday, the speaker of the house john boehner, republican, put out this sort of warning that we could come to the white house and talk -- that is fine -- but it doesn't sound like things will go very far, he said, unless the president understands that republicans are not willing to raise taxes. as i said earlier, the president over the said we need a compromise, we need something that involves both cuts, which is what the republicans want, and ways to raise revenue. >> have democrats compromised on the hold medicare cuts issue? guest: right now there -- what to do with medicare and medicaid. i know the republicans said they want to raise the age of eligibility, which, of course, would save hundreds of billions of dollars. democrats said that is a nonstarter but they have talked about ways to save money in medicare. that involves a lessening the amount of federal subsidies, hospitals for dr. training and subsidies for payments for medicare patients, including people who have not been able to pay their bills. all kinds of ways they are trying to curb federal spending on medicare and med
yesterday, the speaker of the house john boehner, republican, put out this sort of warning that we could come to the white house and talk -- that is fine -- but it doesn't sound like things will go very far, he said, unless the president understands that republicans are not willing to raise taxes. as i said earlier, the president over the said we need a compromise, we need something that involves both cuts, which is what the republicans want, and ways to raise revenue. >> have democrats...
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sorry, mel is gone to the use of speaker boehner yesterday in the house sitting by the stack of regulation that was referred to several times by the house republicans. are you concerned about the regulatory side of that much paperwork and laws involved in the small? >> guest: we need to streamline it and that is a lot of regulation that there were a lot of requirements for put into the bill. in this year debating about it, and i think now what you get when you pass a major piece of legislation is something that needs to be refined and improved over time to i think we saw this with medicare when it was passed and this one, too, has a lot of pieces in it to be those will be streamlined hopefully into something people can understand because everyone wants access to their own provider. they want a message to have so they can afford it and that's the piece that comes together. >> host: for better not because your medical background. what does that stack of paper mean for me then? >> guest: we don't want it to mean a stack of papers you have to fill out. it doesn't necessarily. >> host: that's n
sorry, mel is gone to the use of speaker boehner yesterday in the house sitting by the stack of regulation that was referred to several times by the house republicans. are you concerned about the regulatory side of that much paperwork and laws involved in the small? >> guest: we need to streamline it and that is a lot of regulation that there were a lot of requirements for put into the bill. in this year debating about it, and i think now what you get when you pass a major piece of...
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speaker boehner said we will end the practice of packaging unpopular bills with must-pass legislation to circumvent the will of the american people. instead we'll advance major legislation one issue at a time. that was in the republican pledge as well. the speaker has reiterated that at the beginning of this session. now i'm concerned because republican study committee chairman jim jordan of ohio is quoted in "the washington post" as saying the following, quote, the fact the president doesn't like it, the it referring to the keystone pipeline provision which we understand is under discussion, i'm glad to hear those discussions have not concluded, but again, he quoted, the fact that the president doesn't like it makes me like it even more, said the g.o.p. leadership proposal as he left thursday morning's closed door meeting. i will say to my friend that we are at the end of the session, we are hopeful, as i have said, and as we have demonstrated, on the two c.r.'s, the debt extension and the min enee bus appropriations bill we passed that we are prepared to respond in a bipartisan fash
speaker boehner said we will end the practice of packaging unpopular bills with must-pass legislation to circumvent the will of the american people. instead we'll advance major legislation one issue at a time. that was in the republican pledge as well. the speaker has reiterated that at the beginning of this session. now i'm concerned because republican study committee chairman jim jordan of ohio is quoted in "the washington post" as saying the following, quote, the fact the president...
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ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> let me thank my congressional colleagues for their testimonials. in a few moments will have the presentation of the gold medal. but first we are honored to have with us a great friend of this institution, please join me in welcoming rabbi. [applause] >> mr. speaker, leaders, members, guests, let me please offering -- offer the following pair. father in heaven, please grace this capitol rotunda, the centerpiece of our nation, as we gather to bestow the congressional gold medal our nation's highest civilian honor upon a great hero, raoul wallenberg. as we remember and, indeed, of resolve never to forget 6 million of our sacred brothers and sisters, over 1 million of them children, who were killed in the senseless slaughter during the holocaust by the nazi butchers. and as we pray for the survivors who so need your love in the twilight of their days, let us also resolve never to forget raoul wallenberg, a great life, in that terrible darkness. you, almighty god, command us
ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> let me thank my congressional colleagues for their testimonials. in a few moments will have the presentation of the gold medal. but first we are honored to have with us a great friend of this institution, please join me in welcoming rabbi. [applause] >> mr. speaker, leaders, members, guests, let me please offering -- offer the following pair. father in heaven,...